Cpncord (Farm & Village)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, April 20, 1915 Wea [Weather]
First dandelions. Fine
[First] Tent Caterpillars
  Clear & uncomfortably warm
despite a strong N.W. [northwest] wind. A
few dandelion blossoms, Punkatassett H. [Punkatasset Hill].
No arrivals, no north bound 
migrants save a few Juncos
comparatively few locally settled
birds & these silent for the
most part - the "April hush"
as Henry Purdie & I used to
call it. Altogether tis an
unceremoniously birdless spring
thus far. The woods are
almost totally barren of bird life
& there is none too much of
it about our farming lands.
  Spent most of forenoon out
of doors supervising the regrading
of our door yard. Harris
began cementing the cellar
this morning. In afternoon
I motored to Sleepy Hollow to
see Mrs Monson & then to
Shady Hill museum to buy 100
mountain laurels.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, April 21, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cool with strong north wind.
Tulips beginning to bloom. Benzoin
well out. Lots of Tent Caterpillars
tiny nests in rum cherries. Noticed
them first last evening
  Arrivals
Solitary Vireo [male] [in full song] Pulpit R. woods [Pulpit Rock woods] 4 P.M.
Sapsucker [male] ad. [adult] digging wells, hickory, Ritchie pl [Ritchie place]
  Birds scarce & silent for most
part. Hermit Thrush in full song,
Birch Field 6-6.30 P.M. Two
Flickers shouting all day. Robins
severely silent. Phoebee [Phoebe] sang a little
Only 3 Tree Swallows about the place
  Spent entire day out of doors
with the men. They hauled
loam, dug a trench for new
sink drain, dug a lot of
shrubs at Ritchie's place for
transplanting etc. Harris & his
men cementing cellar.